Nøgne Ø Porter

Brewed by Nøgne Ø
Style: Porter
Grimstad, Norway

Serve in English pint, Stem glass

No head and a blank aroma are a bad start for this dark ale. Flavor of chocolate and roast are not balanced and leave a dry finish. Not my favorite example of a brown porter.

AROMA: coffee, nuts, resin, liquorish APPEARANCE: black, brown foam, disappears quickly TASTE: light sweetness, lightly bitter PALATE: full body, oily feel, almost gritty, lively, hint of bitter finish OVERALL: this is a really nicely balanced beer, somewhere between a porter and a dubbel. Bit alcoholic for 7% at the start but quickly the warm and dark fruity tones take over.

Pours almost black. Tan head, which disappears quickly. Almost no nose. Malty aroma, as well as chocolate. Some smoke. Good.

Pours murky black with a small beige head. Aroma is coffee, dark fruit, malt. Taste is coffee, licorice, chocolate milk, dates. Good body, velvety mouthfeel, coffee finish with a hint of bitterness.

Black of color with a brown head. An aroma of roasted malt, liqurice, coffee and smoke. A flavor of roasted malt, coffee, bitter and weak smoke.

Poured from a bottle into a snifter. Pours a dark brown, almost black, color with a tan head that fades quickly. Plenty roasty in the nose. Tastes pretty strongly of roasted malts as well, nice subtle hop kick at the end, goes down nice and easy. A little watery feeling. Overall a decent brew, but doesn’t match up with a top tier porter like Black Butte or Edmund Fitzgerald.

Almost opaque black with a medium head......nice malty aroma, Tasted lots of roasted malt, molasses, possibly a little bourbon, a little fruitiness with a slight hoppy finish. A little thinner than I expected but very tasty

Pours a dark black with a tan head. Smell was similar to leather. Had a good malty flavor. Drank this out of a trappist glass